Liberal Party of the Philippines

The Liberal Party of the Philippines is a liberal political party in the Philippines, founded by Manuel Roxas on 19 January 1946. The party was formed as the result of a split within the Nacionalista Party, and men such as Jovito Salonga and Benigno Aquino, Jr. would lead the Liberal Party in opposition to the fascist rule of Ferdinand Marcos and the Nacionalistas. The party held the most senate seats and the third-largest amount of House of Representatives seats in 2017, and the party was one of the most vocal critics of the conservative PDP-Laban leader and President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte when he began a "war on drugs" through extrajudicial killings.